Old picture thread.

Brewer 14 · 12/30/08, 9:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Butch47265

This is BOB KINSER

With Steve standing by the car I believe.

Go Fast · 12/30/08, 11:21 AM

I heard a rumor several years ago that Mr. Ford has possession of "Bertha."

Any truth to that and if so, any chance of bringing her out on display some night?
Like maybe the KISS show this year. Some of us would like to see her again.

nonwing · 12/30/08, 1:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brewer 14

I don't mind posting some of the pics I have but was hoping some of you guys might post some of your old pics as well.

J.L. Brewer

I promise, one day I'll find the energy to post some old photos. Right now I'm trying to overcome some bed ridden chemo side affects.

In the mean while, please keep posting. I really enjoy seeing these old shots and results.

George Wilkins Jr.

TWALTZ18W · 12/30/08, 7:43 PM

I don't know if anybody remembers JIM WALTZ, But I was always told that he was one of the great ones,like BIG BOB, BUTCH.!!!!!!!!!!

HurstBros0 · 12/30/08, 7:48 PM

This is what Big Bob`s ride looked like before Jerry Brewer and Dave Hurst transmorgrified it into a Super Modified .

Dan Hurst

TQ29m · 12/30/08, 7:55 PM

Now Dan, we all, well maybe not all know, that is the Pat Clancy Special. What most folks don't know is, you and Jerry, found it in a junk yard, and removed BOTH Qc rear ends, and put them in your cars! AJ Watson built a copy, about 5-6 years ago, but he only drove one set of rear wheels. Bob

HurstBros0 · 12/30/08, 8:20 PM

Bob,

Just going off of Dad`s memories . Sometimes the facts will differ from one telling to the next. I usually take the facts that are constant from each time I`ve heard the story and pass those on . Dad claims if you could see the rear of the Super you would see the extra traverse tubes for the rear set of torsion bars.

Dan Hurst

TQ29m · 12/30/08, 8:37 PM

The only reason I remember it, was about Jerry's last trip to Dayton's auction, you guys were laughing about the fact you'd found an old race car, with 2 QC rears,so you guys divided it up. It hadn't been too long since I'd been to AJ's, and looked over his copy, he just thought that since there had only been one, and it had vanished, he thought the world should see what it looked like. He spent a lot of time at the museum, looking at pictures, and measuring them, trying to get a scale, for the copy. I have a couple of pictures of it. He has sold it, last I heard, but I don't know to whom. And, it may well have been driven as a modified, as I remember it, one of you guys said you'd found it in a junk yard at Mitchell, I believe. Bob

12/30/08, 8:46 PM

Dick Gaines driving under Danny Milburn

TQ29m · 12/30/08, 8:56 PM

Dan do you also remember the "roadster", that Orville Yeadon ran, "briefly"? That was a former Indy car, built here locally, and sponsored by one of the local Banks here in Seymour. Chuck Buzak was the builder, if memory don't let me down, he used up some of the "small" chevy stuff, that Mickey Thompson had, in fact, a friend of mine and I, had a lot of those parts at one time. The Chevy blocks were about 7/8's scale. Chuck ran a gas station out here on 50, just before you get to the I, the station is still there, I think it's a BiRite now. He stored all the stuff that Yeadon didn't get, at an old garage in Reddington, and someone broke in and stole it, several years ago. Actually wasn't a roadster, it was a rear engine Chevy, sorry about that. Bob

12/30/08, 11:21 AM	#22 Re: Old picture thread.
Go Fast Senior Member Race Count This Year: 3 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 537	I heard a rumor several years ago that Mr. Ford has possession of "Bertha." Any truth to that and if so, any chance of bringing her out on display some night? Like maybe the KISS show this year. Some of us would like to see her again. __________________ Gary Ooley I never had a bad day, just some more challenging than others!

12/30/08, 7:48 PM	#25 Re: Old picture thread.
HurstBros0 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 676	This is what Big Bob`s ride looked like before Jerry Brewer and Dave Hurst transmorgrified it into a Super Modified . Dan Hurst _________________________________________________ Last edited by HurstBros0; 10/18/09 at 1:11 AM.

12/30/08, 8:37 PM	#28 Re: Old picture thread.
TQ29m Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6,262	The only reason I remember it, was about Jerry's last trip to Dayton's auction, you guys were laughing about the fact you'd found an old race car, with 2 QC rears,so you guys divided it up. It hadn't been too long since I'd been to AJ's, and looked over his copy, he just thought that since there had only been one, and it had vanished, he thought the world should see what it looked like. He spent a lot of time at the museum, looking at pictures, and measuring them, trying to get a scale, for the copy. I have a couple of pictures of it. He has sold it, last I heard, but I don't know to whom. And, it may well have been driven as a modified, as I remember it, one of you guys said you'd found it in a junk yard at Mitchell, I believe. Bob _________________________________________________ Last edited by TQ29m; 12/30/08 at 8:39 PM. Reason: add on

12/30/08, 7:43 PM	#24 Re: Old picture thread.
TWALTZ18W Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 37	I don't know if anybody remembers JIM WALTZ, But I was always told that he was one of the great ones,like BIG BOB, BUTCH.!!!!!!!!!!

12/30/08, 7:55 PM	#26 Re: Old picture thread.
TQ29m Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6,262	Now Dan, we all, well maybe not all know, that is the Pat Clancy Special. What most folks don't know is, you and Jerry, found it in a junk yard, and removed BOTH Qc rear ends, and put them in your cars! AJ Watson built a copy, about 5-6 years ago, but he only drove one set of rear wheels. Bob

12/30/08, 8:20 PM	#27 Re: Old picture thread.
HurstBros0 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 676	Bob, Just going off of Dad`s memories . Sometimes the facts will differ from one telling to the next. I usually take the facts that are constant from each time I`ve heard the story and pass those on . Dad claims if you could see the rear of the Super you would see the extra traverse tubes for the rear set of torsion bars. Dan Hurst

12/30/08, 8:46 PM	#29 Re: Old picture thread.
aceace Posts: n/a	Dick Gaines driving under Danny Milburn

12/30/08, 8:56 PM	#30 Re: Old picture thread.
TQ29m Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 6,262	Dan do you also remember the "roadster", that Orville Yeadon ran, "briefly"? That was a former Indy car, built here locally, and sponsored by one of the local Banks here in Seymour. Chuck Buzak was the builder, if memory don't let me down, he used up some of the "small" chevy stuff, that Mickey Thompson had, in fact, a friend of mine and I, had a lot of those parts at one time. The Chevy blocks were about 7/8's scale. Chuck ran a gas station out here on 50, just before you get to the I, the station is still there, I think it's a BiRite now. He stored all the stuff that Yeadon didn't get, at an old garage in Reddington, and someone broke in and stole it, several years ago. Actually wasn't a roadster, it was a rear engine Chevy, sorry about that. Bob